[FPSPACE] Skylab question

[James Oberg]

Skylab normally flew in a solar inertial attitude, solar arrays face-on

to the Sun. I'm trying to find out what the orientation of the

wardroom window on the lower deck was, relative to the 

Skylab body vector towards the Sun. It was on the shaded

side, but at what angle along that side, relative to the Sun?



I thought it was an easy question, or could be solved by

finding the location of the sunward and anti-solar science airlocks 

in the lower deck circumference -- but no such easiness. The

pictures I recall from the Skylab Press Kit don't seem to be on

the Internet, or NASA's websites.



Any other suggestions, please?



Jim O





Solar inertial attitude

http://history.nasa.gov/SP-400/p43.jpg

 

 

three crew in wardroom

http://images.google.com/url?q=http://z.about.com/d/space/1/0/9/7/1/S73-20236.jpg&usg=AFQjCNEer3vhoz26o4L3HjvoK2sjGxfmZg

 

 

cutaway of lower deck

http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4208/p138.jpg

 

 

+Z was towards the Sun

+X was out the Apollo CSM axis
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